Coweta County GaArchives History - Letters .....Maggie Phillips Bridges To Elizabeth Moses Bridges March 28, 1903
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Stephensville, Texas

March 28, 1903

Dear Mother,

I just received your of 18 this eve. Am glad to hear you are in your usual 
health and sorry your eye sight is so bad. Mine is failing me so ______ lately 
I can’t see well at all. the health of the family very good; I thought I sent 
all my letter but you keep the money for me till about the first of June as I 
will certainly need it about paying out my home. I have still got my house and 
lot - 1 mile from Stephenville but owe on it yet. My farm and pasture I had to 
let go but with your help and Ben’s, he has promised to let me have some money, 
I can straighten up and make some money. I will send you how, when, and to whom 
to send the money in June. I have not had a word from Ben in a month, am 
getting anxious to hear from him. I wrote to him a “Reganton Miss. got one 
letter from him - answered it but have not heard from him. if you hear, tell 
him to please write to me. I want you to let me hear from you soon. I wish I 
could see you and talk to you.

Your loving son,

Nat Bridges

Dear Mother,

I have written you for Mr. Bridges now I’ll write a little for myself. He tells 
you he has lost everything he had, but don’t say how near killing him it is. Ma 
sometimes he is almost crazy, he is a little better since he heard from you and 
that you would help him some. I wish Ben would write to him again before he 
heard from Ben the first time there was times I was almost afraid to leave him 
alone for fear he would harm himself. Since hearing from you he is some better. 
I try to console him, I tell him it does not hurt me like it does him that we 
have failed. But you know it is hard on the children. But I trust in God and we 
will come out all right. We are having cold weather, no garden up nor big frost 
this morn. Give my love to Mollie and family. Tell her to write.....Much love 
for you......Maggie


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